Prince George, B.C. – Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond says the provincial government is fully prepared to deal with current flood conditions facing several regions of B.C.

Bond says "We have 1,000 Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources firefighters on standby to sandbag, deploy erosion control devices and assist local governments and their residents in areas affected by flooding. There are 9.5 kilometres of gabion baskets available with 3.3 kilometres already deployed to Prince George. There are approximately two million sandbags available in the provincial stockpile with 800,000 bags deployed to local communities in the past month.”

"Canadian Forces in Edmonton, Esquimalt and Vancouver are on a continuous standing alert should they be needed."

"I have asked Emergency Management B.C. officials to work with local governments and affected residents to help assess appropriate compensation for flood damage through the Disaster Financial Assistance Program as expediently as possible."

"The public can always find more information at www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca."